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SECOND CHANCE BRACKET ROUNDUP Follow the bracket here! We’re near the end of a long journey with this bracket. These days, The PopFilter offices look like a cross between a warzone and a nursery. The writers are bloodied, worn from battle and very, very cranky. Earlier this month I screamed in tears, “I DON’T WANNA…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 4, BATTLE 2 Follow the bracket here! CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAROL CORP (#1-4) VS SQUADRON SINISTER (#1-3) Both Captain Marvel and the Carol Corp and Squadron Sinister have what it takes to make it to the elite eight of our bracket. But only one can move on to the final four. Because…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK SIXTEEN PREVIEW   THIS FRIDAY: ROUND TWOBATTLE ELEVEN HAIL HYDRA RICK REMENDER (w) ROLAND BOSCHI (a/C) – Can Ian Rogers, Nomad, survive a land ruled by Hydra? – Can he survive the rage of Eddie Brock, prime assassin to the regime? – The secrets within Nomad’s head are priceless, holding the key to Hydra’s…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 3, BATTLE 4 Follow the bracket here! CIVIL WAR #1-3 KORVAC SAGA #1-3 Greetings, comic book fans, today I’m going to be posting in the style of a  feminist-type inquisition: I want to take a critical view of the maleness represented in Marvel, namely, the first three issues of Korvac Saga and Civil War. I…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK FIFTEEN PREVIEW THIS FRIDAY: ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY FOUR SECRET WARS: SECRET LOVE MICHEL FIFFE, FELIPE SMITH, MARGUERITE BENNETT, JEREMY WHITLEY, KATIE COOK & MORE! (w) MICHEL FIFFE, FELIPE SMITH, KRIS ANKA, GURIHIRU, KATIE COOK & MORE! (a) – WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, CAN THEIR LOVE SURVIVE? – ROBBIE REYES/KAMALA KHAN! – TYPHOID MARY/KAREN PAGE/MATT MURDOCK!…

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BattleworldBattleworld Round 1 Battle 23 Follow the bracket here Howard the Human VS House of M This battle is brought to you by your own sense of crippling uncertainty. What this battle brings you is one Howard the Human.   The moniker is a very clever play on the 80s movie Howard the Duck because, why…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK FOURTEEN PREVIEW THIS FRIDAY: ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY THREE HOWARD THE HUMAN #1   SKOTTIE YOUNG (w) – JIM MAHFOOD (a) – Spend a day with Howard, a private investigator and the only human living in city full of animals. But not, like, criminals and lowlifes. We’re talking elephants, apes, ducks and kitty cats. Catching a…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK THIRTEEN PREVIEW ROUND THREEBATTLE ONE A-FORCE #1-3 MARGUERITE BENNETT & G. WILLOW WILSON (w) JORGE MOLINA (a/C) – She-Hulk has violated the most sacred rule of Battleworld… – …and now A-Force is on the run from the planet’s protectors: The Thor Corps! – And while trying to prove her innocence, She-Hulk discovers that…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK TWELVE PREVIEW ROUND THREEBATTLE TWO WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1-3 GARTH ENNIS (w) – RUSSELL BRAUN (a) – Karl Kaufmann, the Phantom Eagle, finds himself prisoner of a tribe of beautiful Amazon warriors. – His dreams of such a situation always involved less pain and solitude. Live and learn… VS INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-3 DUSTIN WEAVER…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK ELEVEN PREVIEW ROUND TWOBATTLE SIX CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAPTAIN CORPS #1-2 KELLY SUE DECONNICK & KELLY THOMPSON (w) DAVID LOPEZ (a/C) – Let’s get you spun up, Airman! – After the explosive events last issue, Captain Marvel and her Carol Corps are determined to never again be left in the dark. – Together…

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